The worst decision I ever made on my Sportster
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Jordan, you have an off road bike now, no need for knobblies on the sportster. Get some really good street rubber for it instead.
Jordan Ray, glad your back home. Looking forward to seeing more upgrades and other future projects.🤘🏍
Hi Jordan, I think you should stick a set of Michelin road 5's on the bike, will totally transform the handling.
Glad to have you back! Always fun to see the new look for Gordita. She’s like a sugar cookie that changes for each seasonal holiday 😂
That was quite an adventure ya'll had. Lol Glad ya'll made it back safe. Stay safe out there.
Looking forward to the upgrades
Great video thank you very well done. Yes it's time for nicer tires better everything.
I did 6over tubes and 13.5in shocks on my sportster a few weeks ago. It was a big improvement in handling and looks. I love the looks of your ride.
Front my experience with front tires fathering on my KLR650 is that its just what dual sport tires do. The Kenda K270 I had on the front didn't feather bad but the Dunlop D606 did so maybe its the more agressive the tire the more it feathers.
Thanks again for sharing this video! Mr Jordan Ray 😊
Awesome video can’t wait to see what you do with the bike😊
Nice meeting you at the campout. Maybe I can steer you towards some RV parks a little north of where you stayed if you consider doing it again next year. Look at St Johns, Putnam, and Flagler counties; a little further away from the Orlando area and its traffic.
Man I agree. I laughed out loud when you said that about a slow bike. I love your sportster. It looks even better now that you leveled it out.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on changes made, adjustments for comfort and riding feedback from bike as ridden. I believe a change to more street style tires will benefit the bike and you. I don't comment a lot on videos however as a older and as friends have said to big for sportster rider, I have found my 05 1200 Custom inspired purchase with research watching fellow riders of Sportsters. I have found it to be a solid add to my options to ride as it actual handles well has plenty of power also fairly comfortable with Mustang solo seat change. 64.260.6'2" having a blast Again Thanks and keep sharing
With the talents that you've acquired working on, and changing Gordita. You should do the sporty fix and flip thing. It'll keep you motivated, and like you said make a little money., not a bunch, but a little bit is a good thing. Jayman...
Man! You’re really making me miss my 04 Roadster!
The chopper flop is no more. Love watching all the permutations that this has had.
Yeah, I definitely have decision issues. 🤣
Hey bud, just found one of your videos and wanted to show support because I've been following HerTwoWheels for sometime now and enjoy seeing you when you're able to join her. She plugs you all the time, so I knew it was just a matter of time before I got to your channel. Hometown boy (or old dude on a trike), best regards, Mark
Nice bike I have a 08 Sportster l,m looking to do what you have done but with springer front end, ride safe Eddie nsw Australia
Thanks Jordan
Mostly I like what you doing on your Sportster Mr Jordan Ray I been thinking updated my Piaggio mp3 250 IE because and I been module footpegs support mount holder clevis kit in front I also like super Trapp exhaust muffler you got!!😅
Block tread on the front of anything will 'cup' due to breaking ,forces, but not the rear. At least with a car or truck you can rotate to the rear at the first sign it . Most bikes have a larger rear so you're screwed . Not a good choice for 'road grip' anyway
Of course i've seen Jess's vid as well and happy you guys are home safe!
I think selling the toy hauler might be the right move, based on what I heard in this and Jess her video.
Also yeah the DRZ is your off road and on road for that matter as well, so your Sportster could just go back on road tires.
I have heard the front tire wear could be from front braking while cornering
Cool, thank you for sharing
The tire feathering is probably a combination of a knobby tire and fork flex
Jordan, Supertrap makes an open endcap for those exhaust. I run 21 disks and the open end cap on my race bike. (CRF450f flat track bike)
I should pick one up, thanks 👍🏻
Get rid of those fork tube extensions. By adding them you raked out the front end geometry causing the tire to lay over rather than turn. A Cobra or Bassani 2 into 1 will sound awesome and look great. I would run the tires until they are toast since they aren't that old, but I have been known to be cheap. A set of Shinko's or Kenda K673 Kruz tires will give you a great ride without breaking the bank.
I've got a '97 Sportster 883, and I loved your comment about riding a slow bike. My Dyna will get me in trouble, but I can bomb around back roads on the sporty and not worry too much about getting ticketed. You mentioned upgrading the intake. Any thoughts on switching from the CV carb to something like a Mikuni to get snappier throttle response and make the most of what the 883 has for zipping around? I've thought about doing that on mine for a few years but haven't pulled the trigger yet.
I’m pretty familiar with CV carbs and tuning them now finally, I’ve just started working on a Mikuni and maybe with more experience I can identify better variables. When I ride the wifes dyna it makes me want to ride fast 😂
Feathering on the front tyre could be wrong choice of tyre but more likely under dampened. Ken
You should get an inversion table, it will fix your back. The older we get the more we compress the vertebrae‘s. I have used one for 30 years without they suggested surgery 30 years ago. My back hurts, 5:15 I hang on the table it fixes it🥳😂
I like the frontend lower and nice sound
Sporty love brother ✌️
The idea of you getting broke down bikes, fixing them and selling them is a good idea you start a series "Save a bike in Ohio". I think you need low rider S if you're going to stick to HDs for street
I got the wifes Dyna when I want, I like the series name 😂
Nice bike by the way there is no such thing about too much front brake on a standard setup. When you change the geometry of a motorcycle you should be very careful about your style of ridding. A light front end is not that easy to control in this case you might have to use a little bit more rear brake. Also knobby tires are mainly made for soft terrain like sand and dirt, on the road they will degrade very fast and become very slippery. Good luck be safe.
I understand the point that you could have built out several bikes but overall just starting out I think you took the safest route money wise. Either way you learned the skills to build/ mod them . This is assuming that you have the time when you aren't working on Jess's new road glide lol. Has she named it yet? Good vid
The tires are all wrong. Needs street highway tires. Forks still need to be lowered 2 inches
Personally I would definitely ditch the knobby’s. But that’s me.
Nobby tires on a heavy street bike,that is your tire chop problem. Put some touring or cruising type tires on and you will notice a much smoother and stable ride. 😊Peace
How bout building a chopper from ground up and make video about it ? that would be cool!
What year is the harley sportster w
How long did you have her bro cost insurance for her
The aluminum is coated have to remove it to polish.
I am curious as to what you will do to get the spots off the covers. What did you mean by get more aggressive? What have you tried already? I had my bike in for service at a new shop and didn't realize the bikes were left outdoors. It rained some of the days it was there, and I haven't been able to get the water spots off. I appreciate any insight you can provide.
Probably scotch brite and a heavy cutting metal polish then. 🤞🏻
Street tires would be a good idea
A Sportster is at least 50lbs lighter than a Royal Enfield 650 twin, or a Triumph Bonneville, so it's not too heavy. As far as the tyre wear goes, here's the thing; Knobby tyres are for OFF ROAD RIDING, NOT FOR SEALED ROAD SURFACES.
are you glad you went to chain drive? As someone who hates extra maintenance I wonder if you would return to belt drive.
I like the aesthetic, it’s an x-ring chain so should last awhile. Cleaning is pretty simple, a belt is definitely a check it and forget it though.
Does that windscreen do anything good?
The bare minimum of taking it off my shoulders, I get clean air over my helmet too so it still breathes. It’s the Memphis Shades Del Rey, discontinued color though.
Ditch the wood structure toy hauler, get an older metal structure standard camper. Buy an older box truck to tow it with an to haul the bikes in. Both are pretty cheap an would do a better job. You are not going to find an affordable, well built toy hauler. They are either junk or the price of a house And you have seen how much you compromise to have your home have motorcycle storage. Getting a camper that is only a camper and a truck made to haul things is a better option IMHO. A decent 1990s metal structure camper is less than $5K. And a decent 1990s box truck is around $5k-$10k.
Sounds good in theory, we looked at our newer used one because most of the rv parks we were traveling to have a 10 year age limit. Ours is wood flooring with steel chassis and aluminum frame. It was the largest garage toy hauler that would not exceed my trucks tow rating.
always more fun to ride a slow bike fast than a fast bike slow. and.... small bikes much more fun than big bikes.
Too much "Rake" on front end? My sporty was two tone tank, red on top an white on bottom.
Welcome back.
It’s great to be home.
You could make it into a scrambler.
Thoughts are too much rake and wrong profile tyre for the bike.
Sounds about right 😂
If you want to do a lot of tinkering look for an old ironhead sporty lol
Woof 😂 you an’t jokin!
Nice Video.🤗
Hi from alberta canada 🇨🇦
Hello!
yeah really need to get rid of those knobby tires. Just my 2 cents
I don't understand why people put off road tires on a street bike. Maybe you could explain the reasoning behind that.
Aesthetics usually- but for me I use to take this down Ohio’s back country roads. I wanted a scrambler sportster and as my needs or curiosities arise I modify the bike as necessary. My first set of 50/50 tires wore perfectly, they took me to West Virginia to Pennsylvania on and off road. So this different set of tires have me perplexed why they are wearing badly, either way I probably will do a street tires next because my needs have changed, thanks for watching. ✌🏻
Joe zimmerman..I did not know you had a motorcycle channel. I kid. I do like Joe zimmerman though.
Us white people all look the same.
when you have no idea idea what are you doing :))))))
Welcome back to Ohio
ditch the knobbys get a raked triple tree and longer tubes . did one for a guy with the longest tubes i could get. bike sits level and rides nice .
Good time to darkside!!
I haven’t seen anyone on a sportster do that yet. If I did more straight line cruising maybe, but the next trips I do on this bike will be very twisty.
Why if your wife has a channel with 150k plus subscribers, does she not mention your channel ? You tube recommended your channel before your wife let me know you have a channel. I have a Sportster so this stuff interests me.
Well, she has and does mention me when it’s relevant, it is her channel. I actually prefer to have minimal exposure that way, it promotes a more organic channel growth. But welcome!
@@JordanRay that's admirable. Thanks for the response
the trailer is flexing to much. Any way to add gussets at top of rear door and in middle of trailer at roof, like maybe inside a cabinet so the gusset cant be seen
They told us the interior is equivalent to a 6.0 earthquake going down the road, but damn.
@@JordanRay maybe now you know why it was so cheap. LOL
is the front tire feathering on 1 side or both sides of tire?
Right down the middle.
@@JordanRay it is just the way dual sport/knobbie tires wear when you you use the front brake. street tires will act and wear better. I like the Michelins...ymmv.
@@bryanchance7249 yea, what you said. it's a knobby thing